The latest exciting broadcast of Idolmaster spinoff series Cinderella Girls has showcased more of its signature singing and dancing non-action, with the show’s main girls finally arriving on stage for their first exciting live – and naturally delivering a show-stopping number.

It has also been announced that new volumes of the ever popular “Gravure For You” series will be released for PS3 featuring Cinderella Girl’s wondrous idols – and now it seems it will be possible for multiple girls to be photographed at once.

Generic looking producer-san seems to be more like a back-ground character than a legit male mc. Unlike the first Im@s anime which only has 13 girls, Im@s CG got a platoon of girls that will shorten producer-san's exposure time.

I gotta ask, is there an actual plot or ongoing story to the idolmaster series? Or is it mainly short stories about cute girls singing and and being pretty?

considering how much has been sunk into the franchise already, I am guessing it must be worth something... but I just cant see it - as an outsider anyway. Tried watching the first few episodes of their first season, but it jsut kinda felt pointless.

Not actually bashing it, really am just trying to get an idea how people find appeal to the series.

The first IM@S series was very good.
It touches on the hardships of the industry with light-hearted tact and shows how the girls make it together, step by step.
The character were interesting and distinctive.
CG doesn't quite have the pacing, character development, or charm of 765 Pro yet.

The singing, dancing, and being cute part is part of it. The plot of im@s is how the girls make their way to stardom. Throw in some side stories for each character, and the enjoyment of the series is sweetened with cute girls who have worth.
Other attractions include the songs, PVs, and choreographies (that's what got me to like the games.)

The first 18 episodes of the anime were mostly spent on establishing the characters with them progressing in their careers bit by tiny bit. Their rivals are introduced in the 2nd half and things get serious from episode 19 to 25 and it's about the only time an idol anime successfully pulled off some drama for me.

Cinderella Girls seems to be more balanced with character focus and story progression so far, but hey, it's only been 3 episodes.

This is a shame, a disgrace and a big fat FUCK YOU to any Cinderella Girls fans.
The 3 most boring starter girls get ALL THE FOCUS IN A FUCKING IDOL SERIES WITH A HUGE CAST. Also Mika being fanservice all out while Rika just depicted as a little shit.
No, this is not okay. Worst series and biggest disappointment in the damn millenium.